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Major DAVID MERLIN PURSER

Service Number: 69731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

3 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 25.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edmund George and Edith Merle Purser, of Salwarpe, Droitwich, Worcestershire. B.Sc.
  • Personal Inscription AND THEY RISE TO THIER FEET AS HE PASSES BY, GENTLEMEN UNAFRAID
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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